HockeyApp v5.0.0 Release Notes
Release Date: 2017-09-01 // over 6 years ago-
๐ Changes since 5.0.0-beta.1
- ๐ [BUGFIX] It's no longer possible to circumvent the login UI by pressing the backbutton under certain circumstances #278.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix a crash in MetricsManager #279.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix authentication by email #288.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix a regression that was introduced in 5.0.0-beta.1 that prevented attaching screenshots to work #289.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix Feedback notifications on Android #290.
- โก๏ธ [IMPROVEMENT] Add the ability to when to show the UpdateFragment #280.
- [IMPROVEMENT]
CrashManagerListener
now hasonNoCrashesFound()
to notify you in case no new crashes were found #280. - [IMPROVEMENT] Retrieving the last crash details is now asynchronous.
- ๐ [DEPRECATION] We've removed the
onCrashesFound
callback inCrashManagerListener
as it has been deprecated since HockeySDK 3.0.0.
๐ฅ Breaking Changes
๐ This release comes with one major breaking change. HockeySDK 5.0.0 raises the minimum API level to 15.
๐ In addition, we no longer support restricting builds by device id. The reason is that, with Android O,ANDROID_ID
no longer ensures a consistent way of identification of a user.To be ready for Android O, HockeySDK-Android now limits the
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
permission with themaxSdkVersion
filter. In some use cases, e.g. where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission,maxSdkVersion
makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or request the permission. The solution for those cases is to declare thetools:node="replace"
manifest merging strategy later in the dependency tree:<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>
Thx a lot to Lauri for notifying us.
Full changelog
๐ In addition, this release contains the following changes:
- ๐ [IMPROVEMENT] Support for Android O.
- โ [IMPROVEMENT] Code scans no longer trigger warnings related to usage of
ANDROID_ID
as we are no longer using it. - ๐ [IMPROVEMENT] The SDK supports Android Strict Mode way better as it no longer violates it.
- [IMPROVEMENT] We've improved the way we send Feedback attachments.
- โก๏ธ [IMPROVEMENT] The SDK no longer caches information about in-app updates to make sure updates are available immediately.
- โก๏ธ [IMPROVEMENT] Add the ability to when to show the UpdateFragment #280.
- [IMPROVEMENT] Retrieving the last crash details is now asynchronous.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Metrics no longer leaks a connection.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] It's no longer possible to circumvent the login UI by pressing the backbutton under certain circumstances #278.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix a crash in MetricsManager #279.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix authentication by email #288.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix a regression that was introduced in 5.0.0-beta.1 that prevented attaching screenshots to work #289.
- ๐ [BUGFIX] Fix Feedback notifications on Android #290.
- โก๏ธ [IMPROVEMENT] Add the ability to when to show the UpdateFragment #280.
- [IMPROVEMENT]
CrashManagerListener
now hasonNoCrashesFound()
to notify you in case no new crashes were found #280. - ๐ [DEPRECATION] We've removed the
onCrashesFound
callback inCrashManagerListener
as it has been deprecated since HockeySDK 3.0.0.
โก๏ธ Updating the HockeySDK
๐ We didn't remove any API with this release. Just update to this version and you are good to go!
Acknowledgments
Thanks to @bmourat @MatkovIvan and @friederbluemle for their input and help! =)